Mushroom Hunting

It is the mushroom hunting↗️ season right now which occurs around late summer and autumn. I never heard of mushroom picking till I came to Sweden. Mushroom picking is a common and popular activity among Swedes. A couple of my Swedish friends are really into mushroom picking and they invested in proper hiking outfits, picking tools such as the mushroom knife and brush and of course, the mushroom picking guidebook. GPS tracker is also essential to mark and locate the favorite spots. Funny thing is many of them have their own secret mushroom hideouts and they don’t usually share cos its rather sacred.

 Chanterelles↗️ is one of the top favorites. Checking those fungi out in the woods is pretty interesting especially I’m new to this. Watch out for the poisonous↗️ ones like Death Cap↗️, False Morel↗️, Destroying Angel, Deadly Webcap↗️. I don’t pick mushrooms but I took photos so that maybe I can get around to verify the species at some point.

Fresh brown mushrooms growing from the soil in the green forest of Sweden.
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Golden brown mushrooms growing in the green forest of Sweden.
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Many brown mushrooms growing from the soil.
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More brown mushrooms growing from the rock in the green forest of Sweden.
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A white and brown mushroom growing from the tree in the forest of Sweden.
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Thin mushrooms growing from the soil in the forest with leafs around.
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Two small and fresh mushrooms growing from the moss in the green forest of Sweden.
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Two golden mushrooms growing from the soil in the green forest of Sweden during a sunny day.
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A golden mushroom with a hole in growing from the soil in the green forest of Sweden during a sunny day.
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A small golden mushroom growing from the soil in the green forest of Sweden during a sunny day.
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Sunny days

21 days ago: Apart from mushrooms hunting, I love to spend time outdoors. The woods is only 2 minutes walk from my place. Perfect! Usually I bring my picnic mat out and read my course literature outdoors, either by the garden or woods. I like to enjoy the sun and having fika with a warm cup of tea and snacking kex↗️ away. Embracing nature. Missing those sunny days 3 weeks back.

A collage with four pictures, three containing flowers and a picture of Angelina. The first flower is large and has white petals, the second image includes two large flowers with orange petals and the third image contains several flowers of the same variety with white petals and yellow pistils. The fourth picture is a picture of Angelina lying on a striped blanket and having the sun on her face. She is wearing her glasses as a green book is lying on her chest.
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A trail into the forest where green plants and brown trees can be seen.
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A picture taken from below where the blue sky is visible and two lagre trees with green and orange leaves. The sun is also shining.
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Not so sunny days

Then, 21 days later,  the weather changed drastically in a short span of time. Drizzling almost everyday and consecutively for the past 3 weeks. Dark by 5pm. Took the photo below yesterday at 3pm at the same spot as the photo above. Yesterday’s weather was actually nice and sunny. I feel obligated to be out whenever the weather is sunny. Blame the effects of sunshine scarcity. 

Another picture taken from below where the blue sky is visible and you can see many dark trees with no leafs.
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Written by Angelina

30 Oct 2014